How rare is rare? A literature survey of the last 45 years of paleopathological research on ancient rare diseases
Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe
Differential diagnosis of a calcified cyst found in an 18th century female burial site at St. Nicholas Church cemetery (Libkovice, Czechia)
A call for caution in the analysis of lipids and other small biomolecules from archaeological contexts
A 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer already plagued by Yersinia pestis
Human major infections: Tuberculosis, treponematoses, leprosy—A paleopathological perspective of their evolution
The elusive parasite: comparing macroscopic, immunological, and genomic approaches to identifying malaria in human skeletal remains from Sayala, Egypt (third to sixth centuries AD)
Deep learning and taphonomy: high accuracy in the classification of cut marks made on fleshed and defleshed bones using convolutional neural networks
Death metal: Evidence for the impact of lead poisoning on childhood health within the Roman Empire
The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables
Reconstruction of ancient microbial genomes from the human gut
A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave
Gout and ‘Podagra’ in medieval Cambridge, England
Genome of Peştera Muierii skull shows high diversity and low mutational load in pre-glacial Europe
Early development of the Neanderthal ribcage reveals a different body shape at birth compared to modern humans
Differential diagnosis of the cranial perforations on the Early Iron Age along the Ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China
The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome
Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula
Triple sulfur-oxygen-strontium isotopes probabilistic geographic assignment of archaeological remains using a novel sulfur isoscape of western Europe
Focus: Oxygen isotope microanalysis across incremental layers of human bone: Exploring archaeological reconstruction of short term mobility and seasonal climate change